Entries from April 2014

The Quincy city commission held its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 and the big news came about near the end of the meeting when the board voted 3-2 to oust city manager Jack McLean. But another topic of interest was the city’s audit.
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Edward "Eddie" Hollis Craig, 63, passed away Friday, April 4, 2014. A Celebration of his life was held at 2:00 PM Tuesday April 8, 2014 at Snow's Memorial Chapel, Pio Nono Avenue. Burial was at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Rev. Rayford Johnson officiated. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Countryside Baptist Church, 667 Carmen Place, Macon 31206.

Mr. Craig was born in Pensacola, Florida the son of the late Arlene Blue Craig and Marion Edward Craig. He was retired from Boeing as an electronic technician and was a member of Countryside Baptist Church, where he was a deacon. Eddie was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother.

BIG HONOR FOR BIG COUNTRY:
The first day of practice he stayed in the dugout, an uninvited walk-on, watching the other players receive new equipment and trot out to their positions on the field. On the second day, they let him shag some balls in the outfield and he called home to ask to borrow my outfielder’s glove for a while.
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After a nearly three-hour meeting on Tuesday, March 25th, commissioners directed their attention at City Manager Jack McLean, whose employment status has been on shaky ground as one or two members of the body attempted to terminate him in recent weeks.
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The four students who won the Gadsden Writing Challenge sponsored by the Gadsden County School District and The Herald were announced at last week’s school board meeting. Their essay subject was “What is it about your town that makes it special?”
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Gadsden County Commissioner Brenda Holt and Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young met with Michael Grochowski, Social Security Administration Regional Commissioner of the Atlanta Region; Rodney Taylor, Deputy Regional Commissioner of the Atlanta Region; and Brad Lindsey, North Florida Area Director, to discuss alternative ways to keep social security services available to citizens in Gadsden County.
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